Blog Post

LOS ANGELES COUNTY — Today, we remember and honor a great governor, president of the United States – and Los Angeles County resident – on what would have been his 104rd birthday. Along with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II, his leadership led to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of Soviet Communism. President Reagan’s strong belief in national defense is relevant today. He said, “If history teaches anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly. It means the betrayal of our past, the squandering of our freedom.”